Series 3 Windscreen hinges on new bulkhead

Evening all,

Has anyone got a solution for fitting the windscreen back to a new bulkhead? The bulkhead I have from terrain tech has the brackets attached for the hinges but they aren't threaded to accept the pivot bolts.

The holes are too big to cut a thread into, but doesn't look like there's enough of a lip there to catch a rivnut.

Someone will have done this before, but can't see anything on a search.

Thanks

Are they meant just to have a through bolt if not threaded as originals?
If the tube through the hinge brackets are thick enough you could helicoil them.

Potentially a through bolt, but it would leave it looking a little messy.

The other problem is the inner diameter of the bracket tube is a fair bit bigger than the bolt, so to use a through bolt I'd need to take up that gap with a bush or something. That also means putting a helicoil in would be tricky, because by the time I'd ran a tap through the tube to accept the helicoil, the whole would be too big to fit the 5/16 coil.

Hmmm

Contact Terrain Tech and find out why they have made it like that.

Thanks, I'm waiting on them to get back to me about another issue so will see what they say.

I suspect, because its cheaper!

I believe you can buy the correct screen mounting brackets from YRM or bits4 landy.

Hello WoodyO

I'v not been a member long... in fact a day maybe but have been rebuilding a Series 3 for a few years...
Yes, been there done that .... what a game with 'TT bulkhead', all-round issues....their little 'Yellow Paper slip' - is a 'get out of jail card played' by them....!

Yep - I engineered a fix, I can send direct to you picys and some Dims. But its worth 'double checking' your starting Dims... as with 'TT Bulkheads', their own Dims are to be desired....!

Basically - I had made, by a very local chap, 2 x plugs (from Silver Steel) with drilled en tapped to 5/16" UNF so to take a set of New original design fixing. But to effect you need to Drill the 'TT bulkhead' - windscreen 'Lugs' from the outer face, to the push (a little tap or two) fit with some metal paste, the photos explains more. Skip70

Thanks, I've replied to your PM.

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